In addition to Preston, Wendell Pierce and Carra Patterson round out the series' regular cast as Captain Wagner and Kaya Blanke, respectively. Gloria Reuben returns as Wagner's wife, Claudia Payne. The cast is small, as the dramedy relies on guest actors like Stephen Moyer, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Linda Lavin and Blair Underwood, to name a few.
Elizabeth Lail, Arian Moayed and Laura Benanti (pictured, left to right) will also appear in guest roles in the first season.
Lail plays Quinn, a young tech CEO known for her location-based crime alert app 'Cerberus'. Quinn uses her charm and privilege to hook investors and even uses her app to deceive the authorities when she engages in criminal activities herself.
Moayed portrays Joe, the charismatic owner of an exclusive cocktail bar in TriBeCa. Joe views his business as a refuge from this crazy world and adores his regulars like family. He is very generous, denounces injustice and goes to great lengths to punish a bully from his favorite client's past.
Benanti portrays Nadine, a glamorous, smart and determined supermodel who retires from the runway while dealing with a messy divorce from her designer husband. A respected force in the fashion industry, Nadine will do everything she can to prevent scandalous information about her from coming to light.
After the pilot for Elsbeth was broadcast in February and the series had a short hiatus, the series returns on Thursday, April 4, with two episodes.
Elsbeth is produced by CBS Studios. The series is created and produced by Robert King and Michelle King, along with Liz Glotzer and Jonathan Tolins, who is also the showrunner.
Lail is best known for her starring role as Beck in the first season of Netflix series You and had a starring role as Jenny in NBC's drama series Ordinary Joe.
Moayed received two Emmy nominations for his work as Stewy in the HBO series Succession. Other series roles include the Netflix limited series Inventing Anna, HBO Max's Love Life (2020) and Marvel series Ms. Marvel from Disney+.
Tony winner Benanti played Sadie Stone on ABC/CMT's Nashville and last year appeared in a recurring role on HBO's The Gilded Age. She also had series roles on CBS's The Good Wife, The CW's Supergirl, Showtime's Nurse Jackie and HBO Max's Gossip Girl (2021), among others.
